Strategic Sourcing Director

We are currently recruiting for a **Strategic Sourcing Director**, who will be responsible for developing and implementing improved strategic sourcing policies across Tunstall, and ultimately delivering and ensuring continuous improvements incost, quality, and on time delivery.

This role is a hybrid working position which can be based from our Manchester or Whitley (Yorkshire) office, but would need to be working from the Whitley office 3 out of 5 days.

***What will you be doing in this role?**

In this vital senior role, you will evaluate our sourcing policy and procedures and present improvement strategies to senior management for approval, helping us to navigate and mitigate the global challenges faced in the supply chain and increasing costpressures. This is a hands-on senior position, and you will take the lead in proactive negotiations and maintenance of contracts with key suppliers, including costs and terms of supply, service, and quality.

Whilst this role has no direct reports, working as part of the leadership team you will be expected to work collaboratively and effectively within a matrix structure, providing coaching, guidance and support to other colleagues and customers.

***What we offer**:

- Hybrid working (3 days in the office; 2 days working from home)
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Car allowance
- 25 days holiday
- Private healthcare
- Contributory pension
- Volunteer day so you can support a cause you are passionate about
- Car benefit scheme
- Perks and benefits that include things like: free eye tests, a cycle to work scheme, retail discounts and a subsidised on-site canteen
- Free car parking
- A warm and welcoming team environment

**To be successful in this role you will have **significant proven procurement experience**, with experience in a related industry and with sourcing electronic and/or medium volume products, including tooling and production. Youwill have **excellent communication skills**, both written and verbal, have good leadership skills, be an effective negotiator and have a proactive ‘can-do’ attitude, used to working at pace.

This role will require some travel, to help develop, promote, and maintain our strategic sourcing relationships.

***Some of your key day to day tasks will be**
- Strong, proactive negotiation and maintenance of contracts with key suppliers, including costs and terms of supply, service, and quality,
- Identifying, assessing, and approving all new (direct) suppliers with input from other Functions where required,
- Evaluating sourcing policy and procedures and presenting improvement strategies to senior management for approval,
- Maintaining an in-depth knowledge of the market to ensure best value and practices are maintained,
- Analysing and calculating procurement costs and developing cost reduction strategies,
- Working collaboratively with suppliers to achieve continuous improvements in cost, quality and on time delivery,
- Managing all new item requests predominantly via I&D ensuring a robust and appropriate supply chain is selected. Acting as the ’gate keeper’ to ensure that supplier specifications are of an appropriate standard and validation has been completed prior tosign-off.
- Actively manages price changes and queries in ERP.
- Maintaining price change records with regular reporting.

**Key skills and experience**:

- A Master's degree in business or specialisation in advanced procurement management will be advantageous, e.g. CIPS,
- Significant proven procurement experience in a related industry,
- Experience of electronics and/or medium volume products, including tooling and production,
- Proficiency in using ERP systems,
- Excellent leadership and communication skills,
- Advanced ability to collaborate and negotiate,
- Proven organisational and time management skills,
- Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking abilities,
- Willingness to travel to develop, promote, and maintain strategic sourcing relationships.

***A bit about us**:
Tunstall is a **market-leading health** and **care technology provider**.

We’re passionate about ensuring our team reflects the brilliant and unique qualities of the people and communities we support. Our **incredible team of more than 3,000 colleagues provides life-saving** and **life changing technology** and **services to millions of people in 18 different countries**.

At Tunstall you’ll find a place where you’re valued and celebrated for being yourself. We empower our people to deliver the very best teamwork, innovation and thought leadership by creating an environment where we champion diversity and inclusion. We demonstrateour commitment to diversity and inclusion at each step. From our open, fair, and transparent recruitment processes, through to the many development and career growth opportunities we provide.

**Each Tunstall colleague has a superpowerthey’re unique. No one else is them, and we think that’s special. Come and join our mission and be part of our team, our One Tunstall team.